Fibers and Polymers

, Volume 14, Issue 12, pp 1985–1992 | Cite as

Antibacterial effect of carbon nanofibers containing Ag nanoparticles

  • Hany S. Abdo
  • Khalil Abdelrazek Khalil
  • Salem S. Al-Deyab
  • Hamoud Altaleb
  • El-Sayed M. Sherif
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Abstract

Silver nanoparticles imbedded in polyacrylonitrile (PAN) nanofibers and converted into carbon nanofibers by calcination was obtained in a simple three-step process. The first step involves conversion of silver ions to metallic silver nanoparticles, through reduction of silver nitrate with dilute solution of PAN. The second step involves electrospinning of viscous PAN solution containing silver nanoparticles, thus obtaining PAN nanofibers containing silver nanoparticles. The third step was converting PAN/Ag composites into carbon nanofibers containing silver nanoparticles. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) revealed that the diameter of the nanofibers ranged between 200 and 800 nm. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) showed silver nanoparticles dispersed on the surface of the carbon nanofibers. The obtained fiber was fully characterized by measuring and comparing the FTIR spectra and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) diagrams of PAN nanofiber with and without imbedded silver nanoparticles, in order to show the effect of silver nanoparticles on the electrospun fiber properties. The obtained carbon/Ag composites were tested as gram-class-independent antibacterial agent. The electrosorption of different salt solutions with the fabricated carbon/Ag composite film electrodes was studied.

Keywords

Carbon nanofiber Electrospun Silver nanoparticle Water purification Antibacterial effect 

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Authors and Affiliations

  • Hany S. Abdo
    • 1
    • 2
  • Khalil Abdelrazek Khalil
    • 1
    • 2
  • Salem S. Al-Deyab
    • 3
  • Hamoud Altaleb
    • 3
  • El-Sayed M. Sherif
    • 4
    • 5
  1. 1.Mechanical Engineering Department, College of EngineeringKing Saud UniversityRiyadhSaudi Arabia
  2. 2.Mechanical Design and Materials Department, Faculty of Energy EngineeringAswan UniversityAswanEgypt
  3. 3.Department of ChemistryKing Saud UniversityRiyadhSaudi Arabia
  4. 4.Center of Excellence for Research in Engineering Materials (CEREM), College of EngineeringKing Saud UniversityAl-RiyadhSaudi Arabia
  5. 5.Electrochemistry and Corrosion Laboratory, Department of Physical ChemistryNational Research Centre (NRC), DokkiCairoEgypt

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